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The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”
A wording mistake costing Estonia's government $28 million led to the development of an AI tool called the 'Fuckup Finder' to detect legal errors before laws are enacted and to automate state processes.
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